fall over backwards (v)
bend over backwards (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def try very hard to please someone
examples She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
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Hypernym act, behave, do
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Hyponym act, behave, do

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